Autographs
Lincoln Assassination Presiding Head of Conspirators Trial
DAVID HUNTER (1802-1886). President of the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Military Commission Trying the John Wilkes Booth Conspirators. Union General in the American Civil War who achieved fame by his unauthorized 1862 order (immediately rescinded) Emancipating Slaves in three Southern States!
Civil War Era, Outstanding Cabinet Card Inscribed and Vividly Signed, “Compliments - D. Hunter - USA." upon its back, no date, measuring 6.5" x 4.25," with front and reverse maker imprint by Rice, Washington, D.C., Choice Very Fine. David Hunter was known as the “Old General." He was the man chosen by President Andrew Johnson to preside over the controversial nine-man Commission that tried the Conspirators in Lincoln’s Assassination. Here, Hunter is shown in waist up profile, wearing his full military uniform with long white hair and a bushy white mustache. The reverse side shows some scattered tone more towards the edges and some speckled areas within the image, as made.

Hunter is not very well known compared to some of the other famous figures related to the historic trial of the Abraham Lincoln Assassination Conspirators. In addition, Union General David Hunter sanctioned the organization of the first African American Regiment during the Civil War! That action caused the Confederate government to label him a “felon to be executed if captured.” The massive “Compliments - D. Hunter - USA." upon its back measures fully 3.5” long. An extremely rare and historically important Signed Cabinet Card.